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Emirates to operate double daily flights to Seychelles for the holiday season

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The airline has announced it will boost services to the island-nation from 24 December 2021, until 9 January 2022, serving market demand and offering customers more travel choices and enhanced connectivity.* Dubai, UAE: 16 December 2021 – Emirates has announced it will operate double daily flights to Seychelles from 24 December 2021, until 9 January 2022 […]

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Sergio Aguero — Impish striker who became a Manchester City icon

Africa, East Africa, Sports, Technology, Travel / Ronald Kabuubi

Sergio Aguero ended his career with Barcelona but will forever be associated with Manchester City and in particular with the goal that won them the Premier League title in 2012. © Lindsey PARNABY Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola kisses Sergio Aguero after he scored a hat-trick in 2018 Aguero, who announced his retirement aged 33 on

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Why China is becoming a top choice for Ghanaian PhD students

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| © Provided by Quartz Students from Ghana take part in a graduation ceremony of the University of Medical Sciences of Havana in Havana, Cuba. The students are wearing white robes and a kente cloth sash “China wasn’t my first option for a PhD. Honestly, in Ghana the perception about China or the Chinese system, Chinese

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EU official: Omicron to be dominant variant by mid-January

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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the 27-nation bloc by mid-January. © Provided by Associated Press European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a meeting of the College of Commissioners, in Strasbourg, France, Tuesday, Dec. 14 2021.

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Scott Morrison travels to Queensland despite being a casual Covid-19 contact

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Scott Morrison has travelled to Queensland despite being identified as a casual contact of a person with Covid-19 after his attendance at a Sydney high school graduation. Morrison and a person with Covid-19 were among about 1,000 attendees of the Kincoppal-Rose Bay graduation gala at the International Convention Centre at Darling Harbour on Friday. ©

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Boris Johnson reports U.K.’s first known death from the omicron coronavirus variant

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LONDON —At least one person has died from the omicron variant, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday as he urged Britons to increase their protection with a booster shot. © Frank Augstein/AP People queue at a vaccination center in London, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021.Johnson, who was speaking to reporters during a visit to

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Ghana airport to fine airlines that bring unvaccinated passengers

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ACCRA (Reuters) -The operator of Ghana’s main international airport will fine airlines $3,500 for every passenger they fly in who is not vaccinated against COVID-19 or who tests positive for the coronavirus upon arrival, it said on Monday. © Reuters/FRANCIS KOKOROKO A health worker monitors a screen showing a thermal scan to check the temperatures of

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Russia will face ‘significant consequences’ if it invades Ukraine, Boris Johnson warns

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The Prime Minister has warned Vladimir Putin that there would be “significant consequences” if Russia invades Ukraine. Boris Johnson spoke to and Mr Putin by telephone on Monday to reinforce the UK’s commitment to Ukraine and tell the president that any destabilising action in the region by Moscow would be a “strategic mistake”. © Other Boris

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UK’s Johnson accused of breaching own Covid rules

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Boris Johnson on Sunday faced fresh questions about alleged government breaches of coronavirus restrictions after a photo emerged of him at a Christmas event last year. © Adrian DENNIS The Sunday Mirror published a photo of Johnson apparently attending a staff Christmas quiz last year, in an alleged breach of his own coronavirus restrictionsThe British prime

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MTN Customers to send Mobile Money for free this Christmas as they earn more Senkyu points for withdrawals

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Stephen Mutana, the Acting CEO MTN Mobile Money In a promotional offer aimed at rewarding its customers, MTN Uganda last month scrapped the MoMo charges on sending MTN MoMo between its customers. It also increased Senkyu points accrued from mobile money withdrawals from 2% to 15% of the fees charged

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